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Welcome to Art & Design

“Every human is an artist.”
Don Miguel Ruiz

Our approach
Subject aims
Reception
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6

Our approach

At Ark Tindal, we believe that art, craft and design embody some of the highest forms of human creativity. Our curriculum sets out to engage, inspire and challenge pupils. Children are taught the knowledge, skills and techniques that enable them to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design. Our art and design curriculum is closely linked to units within history, geography and science to help pupils to make meaningful connections and understand how art and design reflect and shape our history and contribute to the environment, culture, creativity and wealth of our nation.

Our pupils are exposed to a wide range of genres and styles, including culturally and ethnically diverse art and artists. Vocabulary is considered at every point of our pupils’ journey through art and design; they are encouraged to engage with and critique the art of others, as well as their own and are supported in using key terminology and language to tell the story behind the art.

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Art - Global Curriculum

Aims of our art & design curriculum

  • Engage, inspire and challenge pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design.
  • Ensure pupils become proficient in drawing, sculpture and other art, craft and design.
  • Know about great artists, craft makers and designers and understand the historical and cultural development of their art forms.

Reception

Autumn  

Shape & Colour
Henri Matisse &
Piet Mondrian

 

Spring  

Scupltures
Jeff Koons

 

Summer   

Portraits
Vincent Van Gough

 

All Reception Subjects Next Reception Subject - Math

Year 1 - Art, Design & Technology

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Design & Technology

Cooking and Nutrition:
Which fruits would be good in your salad?

Art

Colour
‘Colour Studies: Squares with
Concentric Circles’, Kandinsky (1913

Spring 1

Spring 2

Art

Around the World : 
Landscape Collage

‘Orange Plains’, Megan Coyle, 2008

Design & Technology

Materials: Structure - 
Can we keep the Three Little Pigs safe?

Summer 1 Summer 2

Art

Kings, Queens & Castles: Portraits
‘Henry VIII’
Hans Holbein the Younger, 1540

Art

Plants & Seasons: Printing & Patterns
‘Strawberry Thief’, William Morris, 1883

All Year 1 Subjects Next Year 1 Subject - Personal Development 

Year 2 - Art, Design & Technology

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Art & Design & Technology

Still Life: Where does our food come from?
‘Still life with Parrot’
Frida Kahlo, 1951

Design & Technology

The Great Fire of London -
Structure: Houses in 1666

 

Spring 1

Spring 2

Art

Habitats: Painting

‘Surprised!’,
Henri Rousseau, 1910

Art

Saving our World: Sculpture
Sculpture with natural objects, Andy Goldsworthy

Summer 1 Summer 2

Design & Technology


Mechanical Systems -
Jack & The Beanstalk

Art

The Seaside: Texture & Landscapes
'On Black Rock', Kurt Jackson

All Year 2 Subjects Next Year 2 Subject - Personal Development

Year 3 - Art, Design & Technology

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Art

Stone Age to Iron Age: Sculpture & Symbols
Cave paintings, Lascaux Caves

Art

The Romans: Printing & Collage
'Alexander Mosaic, 100 BC, Pompeii'

Spring 1

Spring 2

Design & Technology

Natural Disasters: Structures
How can we beat the flood?

Design & Technology

Cooking & Nutrition:
Making Scones

Summer 1 Summer 2

Art

Plants: Drawing, Painting & Scale
'Jimson Weed/White Flower No.1', Georgia O'Keefe, 1932

Art

Around the World: Textiles
Traditional Patterns from different cultures

All Year 3 Subjects Next Year 3 Subject - Personal Development

Year 4 - Art, Design & Technology

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Design & Technology

Electricity: Electrical Systems
Homemade doorbells

Design & Technology

Structures:
Bridge Building

Spring 1

Spring 2

Art

The Water Cycle: Painting - Pointillism

'Seascape at Port-en-Bessin', Georges Seurat, 1888

Art

Rivers & Mountains: Landscapes & Perspective
'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji', Hokusaim 1830 - 1832

Summer 1 Summer 2

Art

Life as a Brummie: Architecture & Drawing
'Birmingham Skyline', Stephen Wiltshire, 2009/ Aston Webb

Art

The Environment: Scuplture - sending a message to the public
'Seven Wasted Men', Michelle Reader, 2006

All Year 4 Subjects Next Year 4 Subject - Personal Development

Year 5 - Art, Design & Technology

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Art

Ancient Greece: Sculpture
‘Achilles and Ajax playing a board game’, Exekias, 540 – 530 BC

Art

The Maya: Mosaic Masks
‘Death Mask of Pakal the Great’, 603 – 683. AD, National Museum of Anthropology)

Spring 1

Spring 2

Design & Technology

Cooking & Nutrition: Making Pizza

Design & Technology

Textiles: Making puppets

Summer 1 Summer 2

Art

Life Cycles: Observational drawings
‘Metamorphosis of a Butterfly’, Maria Sibylla Merian 1705

Art

Black History: Story telling through painting
‘The migration gained in momentum’, Jacob Lawrence, 1940

All Year 5 Subjects Next Year 5 Subject - Personal Development

Year 6 - Art, Design & Technology

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Art

World War II: Drawing & Textiles
'Design for a runner', Gunta Stolzl, 1923

Art

Refugees: Public messaging through street art/stencilling
‘Rage, Flower, Thrower', Banksy, 2005

Spring 1

Spring 2

Art

Light & Dark: Chiaroscuro/photography

'An Iron Age Forge', Joseph Wright of Derby, 1772

Design & Technology

Living Things: How will your beast open its mouth?

 

Summer 1 Summer 2

Art

Evolution & Inheritance: Showing identity through collage/observational drawings
Various Artists

Design & Technology

Programming: What message will your billboard send?

All Year 6 Subjects Next Year 6 Subject - Personal Development

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